[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1052-1053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-00748]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-557-809]


Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Malaysia: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Superinox Max Fittings Industries Sdn. Bhd. (Superinox) made sales of 
subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of 
review (POR), February 1, 2017, through January 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable February 1, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline R. Heeren or Preston Cox, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9179 or (202) 
482-5041, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 24, 2018, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless 
steel butt-weld pipe fittings (pipe fittings) from Malaysia.\1\ The 
administrative review covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise, Superinox. We provided interested parties an opportunity 
to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received no comments. As 
such, these final results are unchanged from the Preliminary Results. 
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) 
and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-
2018, 83 FR 53604 (October 24, 2018) (Preliminary Results) and 
accompanying memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 
Results of the 2017-2018 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia'' (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    For purposes of the order, the product covered is butt-weld 
fittings. Butt-weld fittings are under 14 inches in outside diameter 
(based on nominal pipe size), whether finished or unfinished. The 
product encompasses all grades of stainless steel and ``commodity'' and 
``specialty'' fittings. Specifically excluded from the definition are 
threaded, grooved, and bolted fittings, and fittings made from any 
material other than stainless steel.
    The butt-weld fittings subject to the order are generally 
designated under specification ASTM A403/A403M, the standard 
specification for Wrought Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping Fittings, 
or its foreign equivalents (e.g., DIN or JIS specifications). This 
specification covers two general classes of fittings, WP and CR, of 
wrought austenitic stainless steel fittings of

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seamless and welded construction covered by the latest revision of ANSI 
B16.9, ANSI B16.11, and ANSI B16.28. Butt-weld fittings manufactured to 
specification ASTM A774, or its foreign equivalents, are also covered 
by the order.
    The order does not apply to cast fittings. Cast austenitic 
stainless steel pipe fittings are covered by specifications A351/A351M, 
A743/743M, and A744/A744M.
    The butt-weld fittings subject to the order are currently 
classifiable under subheading 7307.23.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings 
are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of the order is dispositive.

Final Results of the Administrative Review

    We determine that a weighted-average dumping margin of 60.10 
percent exists for Superinox for the period of February 1, 2017, 
through January 31, 2018.

Assessment Rates

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1) and the Final Modification,\2\ Commerce will instruct 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate all appropriate 
entries for Superinox without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \2\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14, 
2012) (Final Modification).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Superinox for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for 
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at 
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\3\ We intend to issue 
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of 
this review.
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    \3\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirement

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of the final results of administrative review 
for all shipments of pipe fittings from Malaysia entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of 
the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Superinox will 
be 60.10 percent, the weighted-average dumping margin established in 
the final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise 
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this 
administrative review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, 
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate 
published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in 
which the manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair-value investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established for the most recently completed 
segment of the proceeding for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and 
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 7.51 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established 
in the less-than-fair value investigation.
    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation subject 
to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These final results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: December 21, 2018.
P. Lee Smith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
[FR Doc. 2019-00748 Filed 1-31-19; 8:45 am]
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